{"id":9977,"date":"2015-01-09T18:38:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2015-01-09T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:38:55","slug":"blossom-looks-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=9977","title":{"rendered":"Blossom looks beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a good day because I got an update on all three of my re-homed girls on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>My husband went to the farm where Pepper and Dotty now live, to collect our disposables for our catering business, but also to look in on Pepper and Dotty.<\/p>\n<p>Last time we saw them they were going through the moult but today they looked great. They had all their feathers back in including Dotty&#8217;s head feathers and Pepper&#8217;s fluffy bottom. My husband said Pepper was still looking fatter than Dotty, just like she always did, so she is obviously doing well.<\/p>\n<p>He said next time he goes for disposables he will take our camera and get some photos of them but I am happy that he saw them looking good and looking happy.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie and I also had our first catch up since the Christmas holiday and Blossom, formerly Bluebell, is looking beautiful with all her feathers back in and her little head crest returned to its former glory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9993\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blossom_takes_some_corn_from_jackie.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9993\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blossom_takes_some_corn_from_jackie.jpg\" alt=\"Blossom takes some corn from Jackie\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blossom takes some corn from Jackie<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9994\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/looking_good.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9994\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9994\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/looking_good.jpg\" alt=\"Blossom is looking good\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blossom is looking good<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9995\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/full_crest_feathers.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9995\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/full_crest_feathers.jpg\" alt=\"She has her full crest feathers\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She has her full head crest<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9996\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blossom_looks_fab.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9996\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blossom_looks_fab.jpg\" alt=\"Blossom is looking fabulous\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blossom is looking fabulous<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9997\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/four_fluffy_bottoms.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9997\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/four_fluffy_bottoms.jpg\" alt=\"Four fluffy bottoms\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four fluffy bottoms<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9998\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/four_lovely_girls.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9998\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9998\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/four_lovely_girls.jpg\" alt=\"Four beautiful girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four beautiful girls<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jackie and I are so pleased with how beautiful our flocks are looking and we once again agreed that the moment when Jackie said she would adopt Bluebell, now Blossom, was a real turning point for my flocks development. I wondered what would have happened had I not met Jackie when I did and she very wisely said that we all have these cross roads in our lives that set us on a different path.<\/p>\n<p>I am just happy that everything has turned out so well and we both have a lovely flock and a lovely friendship too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a good day because I got an update on all three of my re-homed girls on the same day. 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